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Ronson

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26 Skipjack "Reel Hard"

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Both are awesome boats. I have owned both. I currently have a skipjack "ultimate fishing machine"! Both are very solid boats. Main difference to look at is if u want an inboard (skipjack) or outboards (grady). My 2 cents!

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Kurt

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23 grady, 16 Lund

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I've owned 4 gradys....been on a few skipjacks way offshore....I'd go for the skipjack

probably more sunk gradys per capita than skipjacks I would bet, and even more with rotted out transoms and bad fuel tanks....but I still think overall GW are a great boat. then again my first 17ft boston whaler did it all but I was much younger then and took crazy chances with it.

my dad has a 1987 GW 23ft gulfstream and never had any problems with it and it is like new, so alot if it depends on pior maintenance also

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Gregg

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1991 Skipjak 262 "Mischief"

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My brother in law bought a very expensive 29'? Greedy from a reputable dealer in Newport beach, he ended up with a boat that all the wood was rotted and wound up chain sawing the POS and putting it in a dumpster along with the POS Yamaha OB's. My Skippy is 20 years old and all the wood is great and the boat is solid.

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Travis

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Wellcraft Coastal

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Ive only been on one Grady and it was a very nice new boat but Skipjack wins by default. There is no better boat for socal fishing, especially in the 1970's and 1980's when they first became really popular

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